Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-26
An Grafton 90 the loss.
A BEwIIDERISG CHINESE PAGEANT IN rHE STREETS on
SAN fRANCIrC0.

SAN FRASCIsCo.
San Francisco, CAL, Sept 2d-Chlnatown for
two days has presented the largest professions
ever given here by the cclestials They were In
honor OF TCng Wong the presiding joss of the r1ch
Wong Wo &c. Many costumes and banners were
imported from China. and the great fsh dra gon
the chief feature OF the pprade on saturday, cost
S:,ooo, ana WAS the labor oI months. Tie streets
oi chinatown werr hung VITA banners. The store
fronts we've freshly painted with NCIInilliCh. and
the narrow alleys were caHNerted INTO covered
lanes 10y flags and oriental ClUth stretched aUrOss
tnoin.
The advance guard ~ the parade was composed
OF three daln-els seated uh pal.reyS, their silk
robes reaching nearly 10 the ground. They were
followed by mf'InirTs oI the company In handsome
uniforms oi blne then another detachment all In
yellow, all armed with swords and spears ana car
ryti@ banners twenty f,"t n height. Then came
a llhrci pavilion WIKI l.I!c iiguses running around
the balconies rl.uwrd hS more ilciiibers OF the
company IN horseback, and another tToUp or ten
dams'ls on palfrryN. and uVc wagons nlled with
young men and naldens caCa strapped 10 post
These hernldrd the JOS. WHO sat In mighty chair
under Il carved ebCny psgoda. Ting Wong was q
mild-lGoking deity, with 4 long mustache but he
was treated with greet reverence and borne along
10y twelve men, and hetwren each detachment
came band of must iana, vino rent the air with
Giscordant music of gongs, cymbals and ear
piercing one-siungel fiddles-
Immediately alter the Joss came In guardian
spirit the great fsh dragon, Mno-c head was
carried ca the top OF pole i0ieet HIGH and whose
spangled aud furred body trailing behind like a
sea serpent for l75 feet, was supported 10y sixty
worsn1pers ROBBED In pink and white The mon
strfi Has tlItt EYES, one n I1ol IVA that
stands out from his forehead and one on each
side. Horns covered with silver and several YARDS
long are rs numerous Us the quilts of porcupine.
The gaping jaws opened Ut Intervals revealing u
hungry red mouth and a huge tongue that rolls
about IN a threatening fashion. The long tail OF
the monster kept moving up and down aud TO the
right and lett After the great dragon there came
lesser ilsh, with a head like that OF a rock cod,
all mouth, with Two eyes that had an ugly fashion
or winkng, with body OF waving silk that was
kept IN motion by four fiye experts, a number OF
priests with fans, banners and paylions, and then
could be heard the sound of martial music-a
ponderous kettledrum that IL took two men 70
carry, assisted by the clashing OF cymbals.
This Introduced the rear guard, a battalion OF
soldiers dressed In the different shades OF blue.
with yellow, bow l-shaped hats and red plumea
These constituted an actual representation OF the
army OF the empire. Basket ana wooden shields
painted with horrible dragons and kissing lions
formed their means OF defense. White steel-capped
| spears, many pronged like quaint forks, comprised
| their means OF attack. A light blue banner that
oated In the air large the Jib OF the volun-
! teer, brought 10 end the most wonderful
pageant that ever graced the streets OF San Fran
cisco. The parade was witnessed by thousands of
white people, and was repeated yesterday, when
the exercises In honor OF the joss came 10 an end